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  bian(^li-hejTiiig 
  (p. 
  V(u-iiaU.s)\ 
  for 
  \i 
  the 
  opportunities 
  of 
  

   propaiiuting 
  the 
  two 
  be 
  equal 
  tlie 
  former 
  sliould 
  most 
  

   certainly 
  l)e 
  selected 
  as 
  tlie 
  more 
  A-al 
  liable 
  variety. 
  

  

  The 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  spawning 
  habits 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  

   sjiecies 
  hns 
  no 
  doubt 
  c(mtril)uted 
  very 
  materially 
  to 
  the 
  

   disai)j)earance 
  of 
  the 
  glut-herring 
  and 
  the 
  continued 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  the 
  branch-herring, 
  the 
  latter 
  seeking 
  

   more 
  isolnted 
  localities, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  less 
  disturbed 
  by 
  

   the 
  hshermen. 
  than 
  tlu' 
  forme]-. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  herring 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  season 
  

   was 
  unusually 
  large, 
  yet, 
  unfortunately, 
  it 
  consisted 
  

   principally 
  of 
  the 
  branch-herring 
  or 
  the 
  less 
  valuable 
  

   variety. 
  

  

  (Job 
  ]\Jcl)onal(l 
  reports 
  tluit 
  "'on 
  the 
  Neuse 
  the 
  catch 
  

   of 
  branch-herring 
  (/;. 
  mrnalis), 
  or 
  wall-eyed, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   called 
  by 
  the 
  iisher-men 
  on 
  that 
  river, 
  was 
  unusually 
  

   large: 
  sometimes 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  a 
  drag-net 
  was 
  almost 
  

   wholly 
  of 
  this 
  species-. 
  The 
  I'un 
  of 
  glut-herring 
  was 
  

   very 
  small. 
  On 
  tlie 
  Albemarle 
  the 
  same 
  c(mdition 
  of 
  

   things 
  existed, 
  the 
  large 
  ]^roj)oi-tion 
  l)eing 
  of 
  the 
  vernalis 
  

   and 
  males, 
  being 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  glut-herring. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Rappahannock 
  the 
  only 
  considerable 
  run 
  of 
  

   herring 
  was 
  the 
  rernalLs. 
  These 
  were 
  largely 
  nuile, 
  and 
  

   very 
  snuill. 
  requiring 
  about 
  1100 
  to 
  the 
  barrel.'- 
  

  

  ''On 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  herring 
  glut 
  from 
  

   the 
  1st 
  to 
  the 
  lOth 
  of 
  May. 
  These 
  tilso 
  wer(^ 
  the 
  rernaUs. 
  

   mostly 
  males, 
  and 
  very 
  small, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  Rappahannock." 
  

   llAT('iiiN(i 
  House. 
  

  

  The 
  iish 
  hatched 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1879 
  had 
  all 
  been 
  

   distributed 
  by 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  .lanuary, 
  1880, 
  with 
  the 
  excep- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  twelve 
  thousand 
  seven 
  hundred 
  (12,700) 
  California 
  

   salmon, 
  and 
  eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-live 
  (875) 
  young 
  

   cai'p. 
  A 
  few 
  Penobscot 
  salmon, 
  land-locked 
  salmon, 
  

   and 
  brook-trout, 
  were 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  brick 
  j)onds 
  adjacent 
  

   to 
  the 
  luitching-house. 
  

  

  The 
  water 
  su|)i)lying 
  these 
  ponds 
  is 
  mainly 
  received 
  

   from 
  the 
  liiH-h-surface 
  resei'voii- 
  located 
  on 
  tlie 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  